The National Archives have a new post, taken from on their PSI Perspectives blog that looks at the future of licensing government-created works and data. Below are the key details pertinent to data.gov.uk The UK Government is developing the next …
The Public Sector Transparency Board, which was established by the Prime Minister, met yesterday for the first time. The Board will drive forward the Government’s transparency agenda, making it a core part of all government business and ensuring that all …
Overview During the May 2010 local elections, Socitm joined with the Local Government Association to support the Open Election Data Project (http://openelectiondata.org/) set up by Chris Taggart, developer of OpenlyLocal.com and a member of the Department of Communities’ Local Public …
Lisa Evans is the Lead Researcher on Where Does My Money Go? an independent non-partisan project run by the Open Knowledge Foundation to analyze and visualize UK public spending. Where Does My Money Go? makes government spending and finances understandable …
The Treasury recognises the complexity of the coding used in the COINS data that have been released. It is organising a short seminar on 2 July from 0930 to 1230 aimed at developers and others that are using the released …
Following the release on 4 June by the Treasury of data from the Combined Online Information System (COINS) for 2008-2010 further data covering the years 2005-2008 is today being made available through data.gov.uk.
Tim Davies has been exploring the intersection of youth engagement, social justice and social technologies for the last 10 years. Between 2003 and 2006 Tim was a part time trainer and consultant with The NYA, and in 2005 established Practical Participation as an independent limited company supporting youth participation through the effective use of technology.
As part of the Prime Minister’s Transparency initiative, the Treasury has today taken the unprecedented step of publishing data from the Combined Online Information System (COINS) for 2008-09 and 2009-10 through data.gov.uk. Comprising millions of lines, this is the most …
The Prime Minister has announced a radical plan to open up Government data to the public.
The Prime Minister and CLG Ministers wish to see local authorities publish granular local spending data. The Public Sector Transparency Board has been set up to drive an open data agenda. The Prime Minister has made a specific commitment that new items of local government spending over £500 be published on a council-by-council basis from January 2011. http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/statements-and-articles/2010/05/letter-to-government-departments-on-opening-up-data-51204 Many local authorities also wish to publish such data.
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